Embracing working from home In a marked shift from the previous Conservative government’s stance, the Prime Minister has thrown his weight behind working from home,…
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AWS Configuration Issue Could Expose Thousands of Web Apps
A VULNERABILITY RELATED to Amazon Web Service’s traffic-routing service known as Application Load Balancer could have been exploited by an attacker to bypass access controls and…
Continue Reading....Ready for the ISDN Switch-Off?
ISDN Switch-off announced for 2025 - Are you ready?
Continue Reading....Microsoft says services have now recovered but at what cost?
So Microsoft services are back on line they say, but it has been noted that Downdirector still has reports of failures for all major services…
Continue Reading....Microsoft Outage Begs Question ‘Why Use Them?’
Microsoft says it has reversed a "network change" that it thinks may be linked to tens of thousands of users worldwide being unable to access…
Continue Reading....Working From Home, pro’s & cons
Many UK companies have brought their staff back into the office, but is this the right move? A debate ensues.
Continue Reading....New EU law could open up messaging and app buying
Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), technology giants such as Google and Apple could be made to open up their services and platforms to other…
Continue Reading....Firefox 106 is out with Firefox View and other improvements
Firefox 106 download and update Firefox 106.0 and Firefox 102.4 ESR downloads are available already. Most Firefox installations will receive the updates automatically, thanks to…
Continue Reading....Windows 10 2022 Update is now available
Microsoft released the long-awaited 2022 feature update for its Windows 10 operating system today. The Windows 10 2022 Update follows the same new naming convention…
Continue Reading....Will the UK financial chaos spark a wider meltdown?
The recent chaos on the UK financial markets has generated waves of stress and selling by investors far beyond the UK. As the sell-offs collide…
Continue Reading....Increasing food prices push inflation to 40 year high!
Food costs jumped 14.6% in the year to September – the biggest rise since 1980 – with bread, cereal, meat and dairy prices all climbing.…
Continue Reading....PC sales fall off a cliff
The sale of PCs in the third quarter of the year fell nearly 20% compared to a year ago, the largest drop in decades and…
Continue Reading....Being back in the office is not making UK workers more productive: report
New research from Slack has found that two and a half years after the UK government enforced its work from home order in response to…
Continue Reading....Office time not for video calls …
Businesses should rethink the way staff use their time in offices, says the boss of the messaging platform Slack. With the rise of hybrid working,…
Continue Reading....Common charging cable approved
European MPs have voted for a law requiring all new portable devices to use the same type of charging cable. Smartphones and tablets, including the…
Continue Reading....Worldwide Internet Service Outage Today!
Websites begin to work again after major breakage A number of leading websites stopped working for a time on Tuesday, including Amazon, Reddit and Twitch.…
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Currently, and as always, I welcome additional new opportunities and welcome as much work as you can give me! I am looking for a role…
Continue Reading....Chancellor under immediate pressure to stop IR35 changes
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has been welcomed into his role by IR35 specialists who immediately advised him to stop the roll-out…
Continue Reading....IR35 Woes affecting Jobs, Business Continuity, and Livelihoods
Impending amendments to the IR35 taxation class are causing grief for genuine contracting/sub-contracting businesses across the UK. I have noticed that very few contract positions…
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My latest role as Project Delivery Consultant / 3rd Line Wintel/Infrastructure Systems Support Analyst is drawing to a close. I am looking for a role…
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